CURRICULUM VITAE

YVES BASSET

Date and place of birth: 29.04.60, Geneva, Switzerland.Nationality: Swiss.Languages spoken: French and English fluent; good command of Spanish; limited command of German and

Melanesian pidgin.Sex: male.Marital status: married, one son.Present position: Scientific coordinator, CTFS Arthropod Initiative & Tropical Canopy Biology Program,

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.Contact address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon,

Panama City, Republic of Panama. Ph +507 212 8233, Fax +507 212 8148.Email bassety@si.edu

Web pages: IBISCA – Towards a Census of Tropical Rainforest Life:http://www.ibisca.net/The Parataxonomist Training Centre, Papua New Guinea:http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/index.htmlCurriculum vitae and publications in pdf files:http://striweb.si.edu/basset/Tropical Canopy Biology Program in Panamahttp://www.stri.org/english/research/facilities/terrestrial/cranes/index.php

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Biology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 1990M.Sc., Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1985

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

2007-: Scientific coordinator, CTFS (Center for Tropical Forest Science) arthropod initiative, Smithsonian TropicalResearch Institute, Panama

2003-2008: Scientific coordinator, Tropical Canopy Biology Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

22003-: PI, IBISCA 2003-2005: Investigating the BIodiversity of Soil and Canopy Arthropods, Panama2001: Contracted by the Smithsonian Institution, Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program, Washington,

USA, to establish a parataxonomist and processing center in Gamba, Gabon.1998-2002: Postdoctoral fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Research project in Panama on vertical gradients of

insect diversity and abundance in tropical rain forests.1995-1998 Contracted by the International Institute of Entomology, London. Research project in Guyana on the influence of

selective logging on insect communities foraging on seedlings, sponsored by the Darwin Initiative for theSurvival of the Species (U.K.).

1994-: Research associate, Bishop Museum, USA and Christensen Research Institute, USA - Papua New Guinea.Research project on the host specificity of insect herbivores associated with Moraceae, Euphorbiaceae andRubiaceae, sponsored mainly by the National Science Foundation (USA).

1992-93: Postdoctoral fellow, Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland and University of Hawaii, USA. ResearchAssociate, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA and Wau Ecology Institute, Papua New Guinea. Research projecton insect species-richness and host-specificity in rain forests of Papua New Guinea.

1991: Operation "Radeau des Cimes 1991" ("Canopy Raft"), Cameroon. Joint project with G. Delvare and H.-P. Aberlenc(CIRAD, Montpellier) on the stratification of the arthropod fauna in a primary rain forest.

Scientific adviser, Istituto di Entomologia agraria, Istituto di Biologia, Università di Padova. Collaborative studieswith Profs L. Masutti, V. Girolami and M.G. Paoletti, in agroecological entomology, and particularly onscolytid and cicadellid pests.

1989-90: Curatorial help in the Museum of Natural History of Geneva (classification of Lepidoptera). Research on insecthost-specificity in temperate woodlands, with special reference to plant architecture.

1985-89: Awarded a Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship for PhD programme in Division of AustralianEnvironmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Supervisors: Prof R.L. Kitching & Assoc. Prof.A.H. Arthington. Title of thesis: "The seasonal and spatial distribution of arboreal arthropods associated withthe rainforest tree Argyrodendron actinophyllum". PhD degree awarded in 1990.

1985: Scientific collaborator of the Museum of Natural History of Geneva (Switzerland).1984-85: Full-time work at the British Museum (Natural History), London, on behalf of the Museum of Neuchâtel (studies

on Diptera and Thysanoptera).1984: Part-time work at the Museum of Natural History of Neuchâtel, on various coleopteran families, particularly

Scolytidae.1979-84: MsSc at the University of Neuchâtel (Institute of Zoology, Switzerland). Research Masters on "Arthropod

communities associated with Pinus mugo Turra". Supervisor: Prof W. Matthey.

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

2005-10: Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.2005-: Research Associate, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.2000-06: Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.1998-: Research Associate, National University of Panama, Panama.1992-: Research Associate, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA.1992-93: Research Associate, Wau Ecology Institute, Papua New Guinea.1990: Research Associate, Museum of Geneva, Switzerland.1986: Research affiliate to the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia.

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS AWARDED

2012: Research grant from the Smithsonian Institution, USA: $49,000. PI.2009: Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $635,023 (to University of Minnesota, DEB, proposal

0841885). Co-principal investigator with G.D. Weiblen, S.E. Miller and V. Novotny.2008: Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $ 407,500 (to University of Minnesota, DEB,

proposal 0816749). Co-principal investigator with G.D. Weiblen, S.E. Miller and V. Novotny.2005: Research grant from the United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya: $25,000 (PI).

Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $ 550,000 (to University of Minnesota, DEB,proposal 0515678). Co-principal investigator with G.D. Weiblen, S.E. Miller and V. Novotny.

2004: Organization of a 25-persons European Science Foundation workshop in Brussels (2005), focused on the IBISCAproject. Euro 13,600. Co-PI with Maurice Leponce.

Research grant from the United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya: $25,000 (PI).Research grant from the Walcott Trust Fund, Smithsonian Institution, USA: $ 20,000. Co-PI with S.J. Wright, S.E.

Miller and H. Barrios.Research grant from the Global Canopy Programme, UK: GBP 5,000. PI.

2003: Various research grants and in-house support (valued $ 72,500) for the IBISCA project in Panama (PI).

32002: Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $ 340,471 (to University of Minnesota, DEB-02-

11591). Co-principal investigator with G.D. Weiblen, S.E. Miller and V. Novotny.2001: Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA, supplement: $ 42,000 (to Bishop Museum, Honolulu,

DEB-97-07928). Co-principal investigator with S.E. Miller, V. Novotny, L.J. Orsak and A. Allison.1998: Earl S. Tupper postdoctoral fellowship in Tropical Biology, Smithsonian Institution, USA: $81,000.1997: Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $ 212,000 (to Bishop Museum, Honolulu, DEB-97-

07928). Co-principal investigator with S.E. Miller, V. Novotny, L.J. Orsak and A. Allison.1996: Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $ 60,000 (to Bishop Museum, Honolulu, DEB-96-

29751). Co-principal investigator with S.E. Miller, L.J. Orsak, A. Allison and V. Novotny.1995: Research grant from the National Geographic Society, USA: $ 5,627.1994: Research grant from the Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea - USA: $ 36,000.

Research grant from the National Science Foundation, USA: $ 30,000. Co-principal investigator with S.E. Millerand A. Allison (Bishop Museum, Honolulu, DEB-94-07297).

1992: Research grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland: FS 50,180.1991: Research grant from the Opération Radeau des Cimes: FF 51,000. Joint project with G. Delvare et H.P. Aberlenc

(CIRAD, Montpellier).Research grant from the Natural History Museum of Geneva: FS 4,000.Research grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland: FS 56,230.

1990: Research grant from the Natural History Museum of Geneva: FS 1,000.1986: Travel grant from the Australian Museum: A$ 500.1985-89: Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship: A$ 45,000.

Grant income: as PI: $386,015; as Co-PI: $2,329,728; Total $2,715,743.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007: Course: Tropical Ecology NEO BIOL 640, McGill University, Canada.2006-: Adjunct Professor, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Canada.2006-: Lecturer, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA. Course: Tropical Ecology,

EEB338.2006-: Associate supervisor of a PhD student at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (Matthieu Rapp).2006: Examiner for a PhD thesis submitted at the Curtin University of Technology, Australia.

Examiner for a MsSc thesis submitted at the PNG University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea.2000: Two entomology courses of one week each taught at INPA, Manaus, and University Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil.1997-1998: Part-time lecturer at the University of Guyana, Georgetown.1996-1998: Supervisor of a MSc student at the University of Guyana, Georgetown (Elroy Charles).1993: Examiner for a MsSc thesis submitted at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.1991: Supervision of MSc students at the University of Padova, Italy.1985-89: Occasional tutoring at Griffith University, Australia.1983: Taught mathematics in a Business School, Neuchâtel.

Field instructor (ecology of wetlands) for the Swiss Nature Protection League.

EDITING EXPERIENCE

Senior Editor, Insect Conservation and Diversity, launched in 2008 by the Royal Entomological Society and Wiley-BlackwellPublishing. http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1752-458X. Impact factor: 1.705 (2011).

4OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Scientific referee for the following journals, editors and institutions:

On a regular basis: Austral Ecology (Australian Journal of Ecology); Biodiversity and Conservation; Biological Journal ofthe Linnean Society; Biotropica; Ecological Entomology; Journal of Animal Ecology; Journal of Applied Ecology; Journal ofTropical Ecology.

Irregularly: Academic Press; Acta Zoologica Mexicana; BioScience; Ecological Applications; Ecology; European Journal ofEntomology; Journal of Tropical Forest Science; Memoirs of the Queensland Museum; National Geographic Society; NationalScience Foundation (USA); Plant Ecology; Revue Suisse de Zoologie; Selbyana; Trends in Ecology & Evolution; Journal ofInsect Conservation; Diversity and Distributions; Czech Academy of Sciences; Science; Ecography.

Consultant for the FAO of the UN (AGPP), June - August 2000, to implement an introduction to tropical insect herbivores inthe Ecoport database (www.ecoport.org).

Chairman of one of the plenary sessions of the 5th European Congress of Entomology, 1994 (York, U.K.).

DISTINCTIONS

Award A.-F. Schläfi, from the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, 1996 (FS 2,500).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Insect-plant interactions and herbivory in the tropics; biodiversity and host-specificity of insect herbivores; insect spatial andtemporal distribution; community structure and taxonomy of arboreal arthropods; tropical forest canopies; community ecology;parataxonomist training; arthropod conservation.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Biological Sciences, Association for Tropical Biology, Ecological Society of Australia, EntomologicalSocieties of Geneva and Neuchâtel, International Canopy Network, Opération Canopée, Swiss Entomological Society.

FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL RESIDENCE:

Australia (4 years), Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, France, French Guiana, Gabon (6 months), Guyana (3 years), Hawaii (1year), Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Panama (10 years), Papua New Guinea (3 years), Switzerland, Thailand.

REVIEW OF MY RESEARCH (in chronological order)

Gaston, K. J. 1993. Herbivory at the limits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8, 193-194.Roslin, T. 2002. Herbivory passing the limits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, 355.Bradbury, J. 2003. Surveying Panama’s treetops. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9, 457.Didham, R.K. & Fagan, L.L. 2003. Project IBISCA – Investigating the biodiversity of soil and canopy arthropods. The Weta

26, 1-6.Lewis, O.T. 2003. Book review: Arthropods of tropical forests: spatio-temporal dynamics and resource use in the canopy.

Journal of Insect Conservation, 7, 187-188.Roslin, T. 2003. Not so quiet on the high frontier. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, 376-379.Longino, J.T. 2004. Arthropods of the tropical canopy (and elsewhere). Ecology 85, 1170-1171.Rejmánek, M. 2004. Book review: Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the

Canopy. Plant Science Bulletin, 50, 16-17.Raine, N. 2005. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Animal

Conservation, 8, 347.Davis, AJ. 2006. Reaching for the skies: rainforest entomology aims high. Journal of Biogeography, 33, 191-192.Aiello, A. 2006. Book review. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy.

European Journal of Entomology, 103, 253-254.Kitching, R.L. 2006. Crafting the pieces of the diversity jigsaw puzzle. Science, 313, 1055-1057.Stork, N.E. 2007. World of insects. Nature, 448, 657-658.Lewinsohn, T.M. 2010. A large trophic quilt. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 1143-1145.

5Odling-Smee, L. 2010. Biodiversity research: Counting creatures. Nature, 465, 400–401.May, R.M. 2010. Tropical arthropod species, more or less. Science, 239, 41-42.Hodebert, G. 2010. Quoi de neuf, Monsieur Noé? Et pour un insect de plus. National Geographic France, 134, Novembre

2010.PUBLICATIONS

In chronological order; numbers in bold refer to major publications;numbers underlined indicate that a pdf file is available at http://striweb.si.edu/basset/

Books

Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. (eds) 2003. Arthropods of Tropical Forests.Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Cambridge University Press, xvi +474 pp.

See http://titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?ISBN=0521820006

Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. (eds) 2003. Studying Forest Canopies from Above: TheInternational Canopy Crane Network. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP,Panama City, 196 pp.

Available on-line athttp://www.stri.org/english/research/facilities/terrestrial/cranes/canopy_crane_network.php

Articles in journals or books

1. Basset, Y. 1985. Comparaison de quelques méthodes de piégeage de la faune dendrobie. Bulletin Romand d'Entomologie 3,1-14.

2. Basset, Y. 1985. Les peuplements d'arthropodes sur Pinus mugo Turra dans les tourbières du Haut-Jura neuchâtelois. Bulletinde la Société neuchâteloise de Sciences naturelles 108, 63-76.

3. Basset, Y. 1985. Aspects de la répartition des peuplements d'arthropodes dans les couronnes de Pinus mugo Turra.Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58, 263-274.

4. Basset, Y. 1986. Aspects de la répartition des peuplements d'arthropodes sur le tronc, sous les écorces et le bois mort dePinus mugo Turra. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 59, 349-364.

5. Basset, Y. 1988. Notes sur quelques insectes phytophages associés au pin à crochet, Pinus mugo Turra. Bulletin de laSociété neuchâteloise de Sciences naturelles 111, 55-60.

6. Basset, Y. 1988. A composite interception trap for sampling arthropods in tree canopies. Journal of the Australianentomological Society 27, 213-219.

7. Basset, Y. 1990. The arboreal fauna of the rainforest tree Argyrodendron actinophyllum as sampled with restricted canopyfogging: Composition of the fauna. The Entomologist 109, 173-183.

8. Basset, Y. 1991. The taxonomic composition of the arthropod fauna associated with an Australian rainforest tree. AustralianJournal of Zoology 39, 171-190.

9. Basset, Y. 1991. The seasonality of arboreal arthropods foraging within an Australian rainforest tree. Ecological Entomology16, 265-278.

10. Basset, Y. 1991. Influence of leaf traits on the spatial distribution of insect herbivores associated with an overstoreyrainforest tree. Oecologia 87, 388-393.

611. Basset, Y. 1991. The spatial distribution of herbivory, galls and mines within an Australian rainforest tree. Biotropica 23:

271-281.12. Basset, Y. 1991. Leaf production of an overstorey rainforest tree and its effects on the temporal distribution of associated

insect herbivores. Oecologia 88, 211-219.13. Basset, Y. & Kitching, R.L. 1991. Species number, species abundance and body length of arboreal arthropods associated

with an Australian rainforest tree. Ecological Entomology 16, 391-402.14. Basset, Y. 1992. Influence of leaf traits on the spatial distribution of arboreal arthropods within an overstorey rainforest

tree. Ecological Entomology 17, 8-16.15. Basset, Y. 1992. Host specificity of arboreal and free-living insect herbivores in rain forests. Biological Journal of the

Linnean Society 47, 115-133.16. Basset, Y. 1992. Synecology and aggregation patterns of arboreal arthropods associated with an overstorey rainforest tree

in Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8, 317-327.17. Basset, Y. 1992. Activité et distribution spatiale de l'entomofaune mobile associée à un arbre des forêts humides

d'Australie. Vie et Milieu 42, 253-262.18. Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. 1992. Abundance and stratification of foliage arthropods in a lowland rain forest

of Cameroon. Ecological Entomology 17, 310-318.19. Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. 1992. Abondance, diversité et stratification verticale de l'entomofaune d'une forêt

tropicale humide africaine. In: F. Hallé & O. Pascal (eds) Biologie dune canopée de forêt équatoriale - II. Rapport deMission: Radeau des cimes octobre novembre 1991, Réserve de Campo, Cameroun. Fondation Elf, Paris, pp. 45-52.

20. Basset, Y. & Arthington, A.H. 1992. The arthropod community associated with an Australian rainforest tree: abundance ofcomponent taxa, species richness and guild structure. Australian Journal of Ecology 17, 89-98.

21. Basset, Y. & Burckhardt, D. 1992. Abundance, species richness, host utilization and host specificity of insect folivores froma woodland site, with particular reference to host architecture. Revue suisse de Zoologie 99, 771-791.

22. Basset, Y., Favaro A., Springate, N.D. & Battisti, A. 1992. Observations on the relative effectiveness of Scolytusmutistriatus (Marsham) and Scolytus pygmaeus (Fabricius) as vectors of the Dutch elm disease. Mitteilungen derSchweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 65, 61-67.

23. Basset, Y. & Springate, N.D. 1992. Diel activity of arboreal arthropods associated with a rainforest tree. Journal of NaturalHistory 26, 947-952.

24. Basset, Y. 1993. Arthropod species-diversity and component communities in the rainforest canopy: lessons from the studyof an Australian tree. Tropical Zoology, Special Issue 1, 19-30.

25. Basset, Y. 1993. Patterns in the organisation of the arthropod community associated with an Australian rainforest tree: howdistinct from elsewhere? Selbyana 14, 13-15.

26. Basset, Y. & Höft, R. 1993. Can apparent leaf damage in tropical trees be predicted by herbivore load or host-relatedvariables? A case study in Papua New Guinea. In Proceedings of the Biological Society of New Guinea, 1993 (ed R. Höft),pp. 93-95, Wau Ecology Institute, Wau, Papua New Guinea.

27. Basset, Y. & Höft, R. 1994. Can apparent leaf damage in tropical trees be predicted by herbivore load or host-relatedvariables? A case study in Papua New Guinea (abstract). Science in New Guinea 20, 3-4.

28. Basset, Y. 1994. Palatability of tree foliage to chewing insects: a comparison between a temperate and a tropical site. ActaOecologica 15, 181-191.

29. Basset, Y. & Höft, R. 1994. Can apparent leaf damage in tropical trees be predicted by herbivore load or host-relatedvariables? A case study in Papua New Guinea. Selbyana 15, 3-13.

30. Basset, Y., Springate, N.D. & Samuelson, G.A. 1994. Feeding habits and range of body size: a case study in Papua NewGuinea using arboreal leaf-beetles and weevils (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae). Mitteilungen derSchweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 67, 347-361.

31. Cowie, R.H., Nishida, G.M., Basset, Y. & Gon, S.M. III 1995. Patterns of land snail distribution in a montane habitat on theisland of Hawaii. Malacologia 36, 155-169.

32. Basset, Y. 1995. Arthropod predator-prey ratios on vegetation at Wau, Papua New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 21, 103-112.

33. Springate, N.D. & Basset, Y. 1996. Diel activity of arboreal arthropods associated with Papua New Guinean trees. Journalof Natural History 30, 101-112.

34. Basset, Y., Samuelson, G.A. & Miller, S.E. 1996. Similarities and contrasts in the local insect faunas associated with tenforest tree species of New Guinea. Pacific Science 50, 157-183.

35. Basset, Y. 1996. Local communities of arboreal herbivores in Papua New Guinea: predictors of insect variables. Ecology77, 1906-1919.

36. Basset, Y. 1996. Leaf chewing insects feeding on figs (Ficus spp.) in the Madang area: species richness and host specificity[abstract]. Science in New Guinea 21, 140-141.

37. Basset, Y. & Orsak, L. 1996. The all-taxa biological inventory in Costa Rica: an example for Papua New Guinea?[abstract]. Science in New Guinea 21, 141.

38. Dal, C. & Basset, Y. 1996. Leaf chewing insects feeding on figs (Ficus spp.) in the Madang area: methods and faunalcomposition [abstract]. Science in New Guinea 21, 141.

739. Basset, Y. & Samuelson, G.A. 1996. Ecological characteristics of an arboreal community of Chrysomelidae in Papua New

Guinea. In: Chrysomelidae Biology. Volume 2: Ecological Studies (eds P.H.A. Jolivet & M.L. Cox), pp. 243-262. SPBAcademic Publishing, Amsterdam.

40. Basset, Y., Samuelson, G.A., Allison, A. & Miller, S.E. 1996. How many host-specific insect species feed on a species oftropical tree? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59, 201-216.

41. Basset, Y. 1997. Species - abundance and body size relationships in insect herbivores associated with New Guinea foresttrees, with particular reference to insect host-specificity. In: Canopy Arthropods (eds N.E. Stork, J.A. Adis & R.K.Didham), pp. 237-264. Chapman & Hall, London.

42. Basset, Y., Springate, N.D., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. 1997. A review of methods for sampling arthropods in treecanopies. In: Canopy Arthropods (eds N.E. Stork, J.A. Adis & R.K. Didham), pp. 27-52. Chapman & Hall, London.

43. Basset, Y., Novotny, V. & Weiblen, G. 1997. Ficus: a resource for arthropods in the tropics, with particular reference toNew Guinea. In Forests and Insects: 18th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society (eds A. Watt, N.E. Stork & M.Hunter), pp. 341-361. Chapman & Hall, London.

44. Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E., Allison, A., Samuelson, G.A. & Orsak, L.J. 1997. The diversity of tropical insectherbivores: an approach to collaborative international research in Papua New Guinea. In: Proceedings of the InternationalConference on Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation in the East Asia (eds B.H. Lee, J.C. Choe & H.Y. Han), pp. 112-125. Korean Institute for Biodiversity Research of Chonbuk National University, Chonju.

45. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 1998. Seasonality of sap-sucking insects (Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera) feeding on Ficus(Moraceae) in a lowland rain forest in Papua New Guinea. Oecologia 115, 514-522.

46. Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Springate, N.D. 1998. Assessing the impact of forest disturbance on tropicalinvertebrates: some comments. Journal of Applied Ecology 35, 461-466.

47. Adis, J., Basset, Y., Floren, A., Hammond, P.M. & Linsenmair, K.E. 1998. Canopy fogging of an overstorey tree -Recommendations for standardization. Ecotropica 4, 93-97.

48. Basset, Y. & Charles, E. 1998. Insect fauna differences between mature rain forest trees and their seedlings: an examplefrom Guyana. Abstract. Selbyana 19, 268.

49. Basset, Y. 1999. Diversity and abundance of insect herbivores foraging on seedlings in a rain forest in Guyana. EcologicalEntomology 24, 245-259.

50. Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Samuelson, G.A. & Miller, S.E. 1999. Host use by chrysomelid beetles feeding on Ficus(Moraceae) and Euphorbiaceae in New Guinea. In Advances in Chrysomelidae Biology 1 (ed. M. Cox), pp. 343-360.Backhuys Publishers, Leyden.

51. Basset, Y., Charles, E.L. & Novotny, V. 1999. Insect herbivores on parent trees and conspecific seedlings in a Guyana rainforest. Selbyana 20, 146-158.

52. Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Auga, J., Boen, W., Dal, C., Drozd, P., Kasbal, M. Isua, B., Kutil, R., Manumbor, M. & Molem, K.1999. Predation risk for herbivorous insects on tropical vegetation: a search for enemy-free space and time. AustralianJournal of Ecology 24, 477-483.

53. Basset, Y. & Novotny, V. 1999. Species richness of insects herbivores on Ficus spp. in Papua New Guinea. BiologicalJournal of the Linnean Society 67, 477-499.

54. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 1999. Body size and host plant specialisation: a relationship from a community of herbivorousinsects from New Guinea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15, 315-328.

55. Basset, Y. 1999. Diversity and abundance of insect herbivores collected on Castanopsis acuminatissima (Fagaceae) in NewGuinea: relationships with leaf production and surrounding vegetation. European Journal of Entomology 96, 381-391.

56. Burckhardt, D. & Basset, Y. 2000. Systematics, biology and evolution of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea)associated with Schinus (Anacardiaceae). Journal of Natural History 34, 57-155.

57. Basset, Y. 2000. Insect herbivores foraging on seedlings in an unlogged rain forest in Guyana: spatial and temporalconsiderations. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 35, 115-129.

58. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2000. Rare species in communities of tropical insect herbivores: pondering the mystery ofsingletons. Oikos 89, 564-572.

59. Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Pyle, R. 2000. Quantifying biodiversity: Experience with parataxonomists anddigital photography in New Guinea and Guyana. BioScience 50, 899-908.

60. Basset, Y. & Charles, E. 2000. An annotated list of insect herbivores foraging on the seedlings of five forest trees inGuyana. Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 29, 433-452.

61. Basset Y., Aberlenc H.-P., Barrios H., Curletti G., Béranger J.-M., Vesco J.-P., Causse P., Haug A., Hennion A.-S., LesobreL., Marques F. & O'Meara R. 2000. Stratification and diel activity of arthropods foraging within the upper canopy andunderstorey of a rain forest at La Makandé, Gabon. In: F. Hallé (ed) Biologie d’une canopée de forêt tropicale – IV. Rapportde la mission du radeau des cimes à la Makandé, forêt des Abeilles, Gabon, Janvier-Mars 1999. Pro-Natura International &Opération Canopée, Paris, 26-39.

62. Curletti G., Aberlenc H.-P., Barrios H., Basset Y., Béranger J.-M., Vesco J.-P., Causse P., Haug A., Hennion A.-S., LesobreL., Marques F. & O'Meara R. 2000. Considérations sur les Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) recueillis en Forêt des Abeillesau Gabon au cours de l' expédition du Radeau des Cimes en 1999. In: F. Hallé (ed) Biologie d’une canopée de forêttropicale – IV. Rapport de la mission du radeau des cimes à la Makandé, forêt des Abeilles, Gabon, Janvier-Mars 1999.Pro-Natura International & Opération Canopée, Paris, 40-48.

863. Basset Y. 2001. Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests: how much do we really know? Plant Ecology 153, 87-

107.64. Lepš, J. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2001. Effect of habitat and successional optimum of host plants on the composition of

their herbivorous communities: leaf-chewing insects on shrubs and trees in New Guinea. Journal of Ecology 89, 186-199.65. Basset Y., Aberlenc H.-P., Barrios H., Curletti G., Béranger J.-M., Vesco J.-P., Causse P., Haug A., Hennion A.-S., Lesobre

L., Marques F. & O'Meara R. 2001. Stratification and diel activity of arthropods in a lowland rain forest in Gabon.Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 72, 585-607.

66. Basset, Y. 2001. Communities of insect herbivores foraging on mature trees vs. seedlings of Pourouma bicolor(Cecropiaceae) in Panama. Oecologia 129, 253-260.

67. Basset, Y., Charles, E., Hammond, D.S. & Brown, V.K. 2001. Short-term effects of canopy openness on insect herbivoresin a rain forest in Guyana. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 1045-1058.

68. Basset, Y. 2001. Rain forest canopy. In: R. Robinson (ed) Plant Sciences, Vol. 4. Macmillan Reference USA, New York, 1-4.

69. Basset, Y. 2001. Rain forests. In: R. Robinson (ed) Plant Sciences, Vol. 4. Macmillan Reference USA, New York, 4-12.70. Miller S.E., Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2002. Case studies of arthropod diversity and distribution. In: R.L. Chazdon & T.C.

Whitmore (eds) Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries. University of Chicago Press,Chicago, 407-413.

71. Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E. Drozd, P., & Cizek, L. 2002. Host specialisation of leaf-chewing insects in a NewGuinean rain forest. Journal of Animal Ecology 71, 400-412.

72. Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E., Weiblen, G.D., Bremer, B., Cizek, L. & Drozd, P. 2002. Low host specificity ofherbivorous insects in a tropical forest. Nature 416, 841-844.

73. Basset, Y. 2002. Training parataxonomists to survey tropical forest canopies. In: A.W. Mitchell, K. Secoy & T. Jackson(eds) The Global Canopy Handbook. Techniques of Access and Study in the Forest Roof. Global Canopy Programme,Oxford, 215-218.

74. Kitching, R., Basset, Y., Ozanne, C. & Winchester, N. 2002. Canopy knockdown techniques for sampling canopy arthropodfauna. In: A.W. Mitchell, K. Secoy & T. Jackson (eds) The Global Canopy Handbook. Techniques of Access and Study inthe Forest Roof. Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, 134-139.

75. Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Drozd, P., Darrow, K. & Leps, J. 2002. Predictably simple: communities ofcaterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on rainforest trees in Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London,269, 2337-2344.

76. Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P., Barrios, H. & Curletti, G. 2003. Diel activity of arthropods. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E.Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy,pp. 304-314. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

77. Basset, Y., Hammond, P.M., Barrios, H., Holloway, J.D. & Miller, S.E. 2003. Vertical stratification of arthropodassemblages. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporalDynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 17-27. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

78. Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Canopy entomology, an expanding field of natural sciences.In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamicsand Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 4-6. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

79. Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Methodological advances and limitations in canopyentomology. In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporalDynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 7-16. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

80. Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Conclusion: arthropods, forest types and interpretable patterns.In: Y. Basset, V. Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamicsand Resource Use in the Canopy, pp. 394-406. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

81. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. & Kitching, R.L. 2003. Herbivore communities and their food resources. In: Y. Basset, V.Novotny, S.E. Miller & R.L. Kitching (eds) Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Usein the Canopy, pp. 40-53. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

82. Miller, S.E., Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2003. Studies on New Guinea moths. 1. Introduction (Lepidoptera). Proceedings ofthe Entomological Society of Washington, 105, 1035-1043.

83. Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Cizek, L., Leps, J., Janda, M., Basset, Y., Weiblen, G.D. & Darrow, K. 2003. Colonizing aliens:caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on Piper aduncum and P. umbellatum in rainforests of Papua New Guinea. EcologicalEntomology, 28, 704-716.

84. Basset, Y., Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. 2003. Forest canopies and their importance. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J.Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 27-36. SmithsonianTropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

85. Basset, Y., Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. 2003. The conservation of forest canopies: policy and science. In: Y. Basset, Y.Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 37-56. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

986. Basset, Y., Horlyck, V. & Wright, S.J. 2003. The study of forest canopies: policy and science. In: Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck,

V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp. 57-62.Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

87. Basset, Y., Horlyck, V., Wright, S.J. & Stork, N.E. 2003. The International Canopy Crane Network - Preamble. In: Y.Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy CraneNetwork, pp. 63-66. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

88. Wright, S.J., Horlyck, V., Basset, Y., et al. 2003. Tropical Canopy Biology Program, Republic of Panama. In: Y. Basset,Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy Crane Network, pp.138-158. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

89. Basset, Y., Kitajima, K. & Wright, S.J. 2003. The International Canopy Crane Network: key findings in canopy science. In:Y. Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy CraneNetwork, pp. 159-174. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

90. Basset, Y., Wright, S.J. & Stork, N.E. 2003. Conclusion: the future of the International Canopy Crane Network. In: Y.Basset, Y. Horlyck, V. & S.J. Wright (eds) Studying Forest Canopies from Above: The International Canopy CraneNetwork, pp. 175-182. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and UNEP, Panama City.

91. Basset, Y., Mavoungou, J.F., Mikissa, J. B., Missa, O., Miller, S.E., Kitching, R.L. & Alonso, A. 2004 Discriminatorypower of different arthropod data sets for the biological monitoring of anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests.Biodiversity and Conservation, 13, 709-732.

92. Basset, Y., Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Weiblen, G.D. & Missa, O. 2004. Conservation and biological monitoring of tropicalforests: the role of parataxonomists. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 163-174.

93. Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Miller, S.E., Kitching, R., Laidlaw, M., Drozd, P. & Cizek, L. 2004. Local species richness of leaf-chewing insects feeding on woody plants from one hectare of a lowland rainforest? Conservation Biology, 18, 227-237.

94. Springate, N.D. & Basset, Y. 2004. IBISCA 2003-2005, Panama: progress report. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society,35, 21-23.

95. Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Leps, J., Bito, D., Janda, M., Hulcr, J., Basset Y., Damas, K. & Weiblen, G.D. 2004. No tree is anisland : a plant-caterpillar food web in the New Guinea rainforest. Ecology Letters, 7, 1090-1100.

96. Basset, Y. 2004. Moving the Parque Natural Metropolitano Canopy Crane in Panama: a survey targeting canopy biologists.What’s Up? The Newsletter of the International Canopy Network, 11(1): 4.

97. Basset, Y., Springate, N.D. & Charles, E. 2005. Folivorous insects in the rain forests of the Guianas. Tropical Forests of theGuiana Shield. Ancient Forests in a Modern World (ed D.S. Hammond), pp. 295-320. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.

98. Charles, E. & Basset, Y. 2005. Stratification of leaf beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in two forest types inPanama. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21, 329-336.

99. Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. 2005. Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society ofLondon, 272, 1083-1090.

100. Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Darrow, K., Kaupa, B., Kua, J. & Weiblen, G.D. 2005. An altitudinalcomparison of caterpillar (Lepidoptera) assemblages on Ficus trees in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Biogeography, 32,1303-1314.

101. Lewinsohn, T.M., Novotny, V & Basset, Y. 2005. Insects on plants: diversity of herbivore assemblages revisited. AnnualReview of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 36, 597-620.

102. Corbara, B., Basset, Y. & Barrios, H. 2005. IBISCA: a large-scale study of arthropod mega-diversity in a neotropicalrainforest. In: Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation. Abstract Volume. 3rd GBIF Science Symposium, 18-19April 2005, Brussels, Belgium (ed by H. Segers), pp. 31-32. Belgian Clearing-House to the Convention on BiologicalDiversity, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Brussels.

103. Basset, Y. & Leponce, M. 2005. IBISCA: Towards a Census of Canopy Life. What’s Up? The Newsletter of theInternational Canopy Network, 12(1): 1-2.

104. Weiblen, G., Webb, C.O., Novotny, V., Basset, Y. & Miller, S.E. 2006. Phylogenetic dispersion of host use in a tropicalinsect herbivore community. Ecology, 87 Supplement, S62-S75.

105. Curletti, G., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Basset, Y. 2006. Progetto IBISCA in Panama: considerazioni sul genere Agrilus Curtis,1825. Rivista Piemontese di Storia Naturale, 27, 339-348.

106. Novotny, V., Drozd, P., Miller, S.E., Kulfan, M., Janda, M., Basset, Y. & Weiblen, G.D. 2006. Why are there so manyspecies of herbivorous insects in tropical rainforests? Science, 313, 1115-1118.

107. Castaño-Meneses, G., Basset, Y., Winchester, N. & Barrios, H. 2006. Colémbolos (Hexapoda: Collembola) del dosel en laselva tropical de San Lorenzo, Provincia de Colón, Panamá. Entomología mexicana, 5, 486-490.

108. Corbara, B., Basset, Y. & Barrios, H. 2006. IBISCA: a large-scale study of arthropod mega-diversity in a neotropicalrainforest. In: Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation. Proceedings of the 3rd GBIF Science Symposium,Brussels, 18-19 April 2005 (eds H. Segers, P. Desmet & E. Baus), pp. 61-64. Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Brussels.

109. Lewis, O.T. & Basset, Y. 2007. Insect Conservation in Tropical Forests. In: Stewart, A.J.A., New, T.R. & Lewis, O.T.(eds.) Insect Conservation Biology, pp. 34-56. The Royal Entomological Society and CABI, Wallingford.

110. Novotny, V., Drozd, P., Miller, S.E., Kulfan, M., Janda, M., Basset, Y. & Weiblen, G.D. 2007. Response to Comment on“Why are there so many species of herbivorous insects in tropical rainforests?” Science, 315, 1666c.

10111. Medianero, E., Castaño-Meneses, G., Tishechkin, A., Basset, Y., Barrios, H, Ødegaard, F., Cline, A.R. & Bail, J. 2007.

Influence of local illumination and plant composition on the spatial and seasonal distribution of litter-dwelling arthropods ina tropical forest. Pedobiologia, 51, 131-145.

112. Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Hulcr, J., Drew, R.A.I., Basset, Y., Janda, M., Setliff, G.P., Darrow, K., Stewart, A.J.A, Auga,J., Isua, B., Molem, K., Manumbor, M., Tamtiai, E., Mogia, M. & Weiblen, G.D. 2007. Low beta diversity of herbivorousinsects in tropical forests. Nature, 448, 692-695.

113. Ribeiro, S.P. & Basset, Y. 2007. Gall-forming and free-feeding herbivory along vertical gradients in a lowland tropicalrainforest: the importance of leaf sclerophylly. Ecography, 30, 663-672.

114. Basset, Y., Corbara, B., Barrios, H., Cuénoud, P., Leponce, M., Aberlenc, H.-P., Bail, J., Bito, D., Bridle, J.R., Castaño-Meneses, G., Cizek, L., Cornejo, A., Curletti, G., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Didham, R.K., Dufrêne, M., Fagan, L.L.,Floren, A., Frame, D.M., Hallé, F., Hardy, O.J., Hernandez, A., Kitching, R.L., Lewinsohn, T.M., Lewis, O.T., Manumbor,M., Medianero, E., Missa, O., Mitchell, A.W., Mogia, M., Novotny, V., Oliveira, E.G. de, Ødegaard, F., Orivel, J., Ozanne,C.M.P., Pascal, O., Pinzón, S., Rapp, M., Ribeiro, S.P., Roisin, Y., Roslin, T., Roubik, D.W., Samaniego, M., Schmidl, J.,Sørensen, L.L., Tishechkin, A., Van Osselaer, C. & Winchester, N.N. 2007. IBISCA-Panama, a large-scale study ofarthropod beta-diversity and vertical stratification in a lowland rainforest: rationale, description of study sites and fieldmethodology. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique- Entomologie, 77, 39-69.

115. Leather, S.R., Basset, Y. & Hawkins, B.A. 2008. Insect Conservation and Diversity – a new journal for the RoyalEntomological Society. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1, 1.

116. Leather, S.R., Basset, Y. & Hawkins, B.A. 2008. Insect conservation: finding the way forward. Insect Conservation andDiversity, 1, 67–69.

117. Basset, Y., Missa, O., Alonso A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Lewis, O.T., Mansell, M.W.,Novotny, V. & Wagner, T. 2008. Choice of metrics for studying arthropod responses to habitat disturbance: one examplefrom Gabon. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1, 55-66.

118. Basset, Y., Missa, O., Alonso A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Lewis, O.T., Mansell, M.W.,Novotny, V. & Wagner, T. 2008. Faunal turnover of arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon.African Entomology, 16, 47-59.

119. Basset, Y. 2008. Ecologia globale: interazioni insetto/pianta nelle foreste pluviali tropicali, 42-46. In: Curletti, G. &Giacobino, E. (eds) Insecta, scienza e arte tra forme e colori. Cataloghi del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino,pp. 42-46. Eventi & Progetti, Torino. [Global ecology: insect-plant interactions in tropical rainforests. Translated fromEnglish to Italian by A. Grassini].

120. Basset, Y., Missa, O., Alonso A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Lewis, O.T., Mansell, M.W.,Novotny, V. & Wagner, T. 2008. Changes in arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon.Conservation Biology, 22, 1552-1563.

121. Missa, O., Basset, Y, Alonso A., Miller, S.E., Curletti, G., De Meyer, M., Eardley, C., Mansell, M.W. & Wagner, T. 2009.Monitoring arthropods in a tropical landscape: relative effects of sampling methods and habitat types on trap catches.Journal of Insect Conservation, 13, 103-118.

122. Basset, Y., Hawkins, B.A. & Leather, S.R. 2009. Visions for Insect Conservation and Diversity: Spanning the gap betweenpractice and theory. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2, 1-4.

123. Didham, R.K., Basset, Y. & Leather, S.R. 2010. Research needs in insect conservation and diversity. Insect Conservationand Diversity, 3. 1-4.

124. Gnezdilov, V.M, Bonfils, J., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Basset, Y. 2010 Review of the Neotropical genus Oronoqua Fennah, 1947(Insecta, Hemiptera, Issidae, Issinae). Zoosystema, 32, 247-257.

125. Hamilton, A.J., Basset, Y., Benke, K.K., Grimbacher, P.S., Miller, S.E., Novotny, V., Samuelson, G.A., Stork, N.E.,Weiblen, G.D. & Yen, G.D.L. 2010. Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of tropical arthropod species richness. TheAmerican Naturalist, 176, 90-95.

126. Novotny, V., Miller, S.E., Baje, L., Balagawi, S., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Craft, K.J., Dem F., Drew, R.A.I., Hulcr, J., Leps,J., Lewis, O.T., Pokon, R., Stewart, A.J.A. & Weiblen, G.D. 2010. Guild-specific patterns of species richness and hostspecialization in plant-herbivore food webs from a tropical forest. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, 1193-1203.

127. Leponce, M., Meyer, C., Häuser, C., Bouchet, P., Delabie, J., Weigt, L. & Basset, Y. 2010. Challenges and solutions forplanning and implementing large-scale biotic inventories. In: Eymann, J., Degreef, Häuser, C., Monje, J.C., Samyn, Y. &VandenSpiegel, D. (eds), Manual on field recording techniques and protocols for All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories andMonitoring. Abc Taxa, 8 (1), 18-48. Available on-line at http://www.abctaxa.be/volumes/volume-8-manual-atbi.

128. Leponce, M. & Basset, Y. 2010. Mégadiversité des arthropodes des canopées. Biofutur 315, 30-33.129. Leather, S.R., Didham, R.K. & Basset, Y. 2011. Insect Conservation and Diversity – making an impact. Insect

Conservation and Diversity, 4, 1.130. Basset, Y., Eastwood, R., Sam, L., Lohman, D.J., Novotny, V., Treuer, T., Miller, S.E., Weiblen, G.D., Pierce, N.E.,

Bunyavejchewin, S., Sakchoowong, W., Kongnoo, P. & Osorio-Arenas, M.A. 2011. Comparison of rainforest butterflyassemblages across three biogeographical regions using standardized protocols. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 44,17-28.

131. Hamilton, A.J., Basset, Y., Benke, K.K., Grimbacher, P.S., Miller, S.E., Novotný, V., Samuelson, G.A., Stork, N.E.,Weiblen,G.D & Yen, J.D.L. 2011. Correction. The American Naturalist, 177, 544-545.

11132. Novotny; V., Miller, S.E., Hrcek, J., Baje, L., Basset, Y., Lewis, O.T., Stewart, A.J.A. & Weiblen, G.D. 2012. Insects on

Plants: explaining the paradox of low diversity within specialist herbivore guilds. The American Naturalist, 179, 351-362.133. Leponce, M., Corbara, B. & Basset, Y. 2012. IBISCA – a collaborative programme to study the diversity and distribution

of forest arthropods. In Methods in Forest Canopy Research (eds M.D. Lowman, T. Schowalter & J. Franklin), in press.University of California Press, Berkeley.

134. Novotny, V., Weiblen, G.D., Miller, S.E. & Basset, Y. 2012. The role of paraecologists in 21st century tropical forestresearch. In Methods in Forest Canopy Research (eds M.D. Lowman, T. Schowalter & J. Franklin), in press. University ofCalifornia Press, Berkeley.

135. Basset, Y., Eastwood, R., Sam, L., Lohman, D.J., Novotny, V., Treuer, T., Miller, S.E., Weiblen, G.D., Pierce, N.E.,Bunyavejchewin, S., Sakchoowong, W., Kongnoo, P. & Osorio-Arenas, M.A. 2012. Cross-continental comparisons ofbutterfly assemblages in rainforests: implications for biological monitoring. Insect Conservation and Diversity, DOI:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00205.x

136. Hamilton, A.J., Novotny, V., Waters, E.K., Basset, Y., Benke, K.K., Grimbacher, P.S., Miller, S.E., Samuelson, G.A.,Weiblen, G.D., Yen, J.D.L. & Stork, N.E 2012. Estimating global arthropod species richness: refining probabilistic modelsusing probabilty bound analysis. Oecologia, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2434-5.

137. Merckx, T., Huertas, B., Basset, Y. & Thomas, J. 2013. A global perspective on conserving butterflies and moths and theirhabitats. In Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2 (eds D.W. MacDonald & K. Willis), in press. Wiley Publications.

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Cuénoud, P., Didham, R.K., Guilhaumon, F., Missa, O., Novotny, V., Ødegaard, F., Roslin, T., Schmidl,J., Tishechkin, A.K., Winchester, N.N., Roubik,D.W., Aberlenc, H.-P., Bail, J., Barrios, H., Bridle, J.R., Castaño-Meneses,G., Corbara, B., Curletti, G., Duarte da Rocha, W., De Bakker,D., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Fagan, L.L., Floren, A.,Kitching, R.L., Medianero, E., Miller, S.E., de Oliveira, E.G., Orivel, J., Pollet, M., Rapp, M., Ribeiro, S.P., Roisin, Y.,Schmidt, J.B., Sørensen, L., & Leponce, M. Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest. Submitted to Science.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Basset, Y., Barrios, H., Novotny, V. & Weiblen, G.D. Stratification and host use of treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracoidea)and weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in a wet tropical forest (for Ecological Monographs).

Castaño-Meneses, G., Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Basset, Y. & Winchester, N.N. Spatial variation in canopy springtails (Hexapoda:Collembola) communities from the San Lorenzo Tropical Forest, Panama.

Miller, S.E., Holloway, J.D., Janzen, D.H., Novotny, V., Basset, Y., Darrow, K., Weiblen, G.D. The taxonomic impediment inthe tropics: dissecting the moth myth.

UNPUBLISHED REPORTS (in chronological order)

Basset, Y. 1984. Contribution à la connaissance des peuplements d'arthropodes sur Pinus mugo Turra dans les tourbières duHaut-Jura neuchâtelois. Travail de licence, Université de Neuchâtel.

Basset, Y. 1989. The temporal and spatial distribution of arboreal arthropods associated with the rainforest tree Argyrodendronactinophyllum. PhD thesis, Griffith University, Brisbane.

Basset, Y., Aberlenc, H.-P. & Delvare, G. 1992. Abondance, diversité et stratification verticale de l'entomofaune d'une forêttropicale humide africaine. Rapport de mission Cameroun 1991. Unpublished report, CIRAD, Montpellier.

ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS (in chronological order)

Basset, Y. 1988. The arboreal fauna of the rainforest tree Argyrodendron actinophyllum Edlin (Sterculiaceae) as sampled withrestricted canopy fogging: some preliminary results. Australian Entomological Society. Abstracts of the 19th ScientificConference and AGM, Brisbane, May 1988, p. 25.

Basset, Y. 1990. Species number, species abundance and body length of arboreal arthropods associated with an Australianrainforest tree. Abstracts of Lectures and Posters presented at the International Symposium "Agroecology and ConservationIssues in Temperate and Tropical Regions", University of Padova, Italy, September 26-29, 1990. (ed M.G. Paoletti, M.R.Favretto & G.G. Lorenzoni) p.15, Stecchini Publisher, Padova.

Basset, Y. 1992. Leaf palatability and insect species-richness in Papua New Guinean forest trees. Poster presented at the 43rdannual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Symposium organised by the Association for TropicalBiology: "Rain forest canopy research".

Basset, Y. 1994. Species richness, host specificity and body size relationships of tropical insect herbivores. Proceedings of theVI International Congress of Ecology, 21 to 26 August 1994, Manchester, United Kingdom (ed J.H. Tallis, H.J. Norman &R.A. Benton), p. 161, Westlake Publishing Ltd, Cambridge.

12Basset, Y. 1994. Local communities of arboreal insect herbivores in Papua New Guinea: predictors of species richness and host

specificity. Abstracts of the 5th European Congress of Entomology, University of York, U.K., 29 August - 2 September1994. Presentation no. 57.

Basset, Y. 1995. Host specificity of rainforest arthropods, with special reference to the canopy. Second International EuropeanScience Foundation Workshop on Tropical Canopy Research, Günzburg, Germany 27-30 July 1995. Final Scientific Report(eds R. Lücking, M. Freiberg, A. Lücking, E. Freiberg & G. Gottsberger), pp. 44-47.

Barrios, H. & Basset, Y. 2000. Communidad de insectos herbivoros en plantas y arboles del bosque tropical. VI ComgresoNacional de Cienca y Techología, 30 de noviembre al 2 diciembre de 2000, Panamá, República de Panamá. Pp. S4C.

Basset, Y., Novotny, V. & Miller, S.E. 2000. Studying host and microhabitat use by arthropods in tropical rain forest canopies:issues & perspectives. XXI International Congress of Entomology Abstracts (ed D.L. Gazzoni), p. 902, Embrapa Soja,Londrina, Brasil.

Weiblen, G.D., Novotny, V., Basset, Y. & Miller, S.E. 2000. Insect herbivores as predictors of plant phylogeny: examples fromNew Guinea Ficus. XXI International Congress of Entomology Abstracts (ed D.L. Gazzoni), p. 144, Embrapa Soja,Londrina, Brasil.

SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS ORGANIZED

2005: Co-convenor with M. Leponce of the workshop ‘Unraveling the distribution of mega-biodiversity in complexecosystems: Relationships between vertical gradients and beta-diversity of arthropods in tropical rainforests’.European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop EW04-049, 5-9 July 2005, Royal Belgian Institute ofNatural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.

Organizer with A. Floren of the symposium ‘Arthropods in temperate and tropical forest canopies’, for the 4thInternational Canopy Conference, Leipzig, Germany, 10-17 July 2005.

Organizer with E.G. Oliveira & S.P. Ribeiro of the symposium ‘Arthropods of Tropical Canopies: Current Themesof Research’, for the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Uberlandia,Brazil 24-28 July 2005.

2002: Organizer with H. Barrios of the symposium ‘Insects in tropical forest canopies’, for the annual meeting of theAssociation for Tropical Biology, Panama 29 June-3 July 2002.

2000: Organizer, with N. Novotny and S.E. Miller, of the symposium "Host and microhabitat use by arthropods in tropicalforest canopies", for the XXI International Congress of Entomology in Iguassu Falls, Brazil, 20-26 August2000.

SELECTED INVITED SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS

2012: Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation, Asia-Pacific Chapter, Annual Meeting 24-27 March 2012. “TheSIGEO-CTFS Arthropod Initiative”. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Menglun, China.

2011: International Symposium in Modelling of Terrestrial Systems and Evolution – building interdisciplinary networks.“Estimating the total arthropod species richness in one tropical rainforest”. Ouro Preto, Brazil, 10-13 May 2011.

2010: Workshop Internazionale: Biodiversità Sostenibilità e Solidarietà: “The high frontier: rainforest canopybiodiversity”. Padova, Italy, 10-11 November 2010.

2009: SIGEO/CTFS Workshop, Long-term ecological monitoring plots as sentinel sites for emerging infectious disease.Panama, 20-21 April 2009.

2008: XXIV Congresso Cientifico Nacional, Universidad de Panamá, Panama: ‘The CTFS Arthropod Initiative’. Panama,30 October 2008.

2007: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Italy: ‘Global ecology: insect-plant interactions in tropicalrainforests’. Torino, 29 June 2007.

2006: Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland: 'L'importance des canopées tropicales pour les etudes debiodiversité'. 20 December 2006.

XXIII Congreso Cientifico Nacional: ‘Project IBISCA in Panama and distribution of Auchenorrhyncha’,Universidad de Panamá, 22 September 2006.

2005: European Science Foundation and United Nations Environment Programme workshop ‘Unraveling the distributionof mega-biodiversity in complex ecosystems: Relationships between vertical gradients and beta-diversity ofarthropods in tropical rainforests’. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, 5-9 July 2005,Belgium.

UNEP-Global Canopy Programme workshop: ‘Whole Forest Observatories: A Network for monitoring canopybiodiversity and global climate change’, St Anne college, 5-9 June 2005, UK.

Project IBISCA. Lecture at the Queensland Government Building, Brisbane, 22 March 2005. Invited by GriffithUniversity (Prof R.L. Kitching).

2004: On the commonness of rarity. Workshop held at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 8 December 2004. “Thesignificance of tropical forest canopies for biodiversity studies”, seminar held at McGill, 9 December 2004.

Three-week study period at the Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, U.K, 14 June to 4July 2004. Host: Prof. H.C.J. Godfray.

132003: Biology and Biodiversity Inventory of Caterpillars, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa

Rica, 19-28 June 2003. Sponsored by US National Science Foundation and ACG. PI: Prof. Daniel H. Janzen.2002: Actualización de la Lista de Especies de Invetebrados de Panama, Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, Panama City,

23 July 2002.19º Congresso Brasileiro de Entomologia, Manaus, Brazil, 16-21 June 2002. “Collecting and analysing arthropod

data: A practical example: Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on arthropods at Gamba, Gabon”.Global Canopy Programme Workshop, Göttingen, Germany, 24-25 February 2002.

2001: Conservation International, Workshop on expanding the capacity to map invertebrates at a global scale, HarvardUniversity, June 20.

1999: European Science Foundation, International Forest Canopy Research Planning Workshop, Oxford, 20-24 November.Conservation International, Workshop on assessing and monitoring the status of biodiversity in tropical forest

habitats, Washington, 4-8 October. "Diversity of insect herbivores in rain forests".1998: European Science Foundation, Scientific Programme on Tropical Canopy Research, Final Conference, Oxford, 12-

16 December. "Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests: how much do we really know?".Second International Canopy Conference. Forest canopies: Global Perspectives. Sarasota, FL, 4-8 November. "Insect

herbivores on parent trees and conspecific seedlings in a rain forest in Guyana".1997: International Tropical Forest Canopy Symposium, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 10-13 March.

“The diversity of tropical insect herbivores: projects involving the international research group at BishopMuseum, Honolulu”.

1996: European Science Foundation, Scientific Programme on Tropical Canopy Research, Workshop on Protocols andData Processing, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 11-15 December.

CARINET, the sub-regional LOOP of BioNET-International. First LOOP Cordinating Committee Meeting, Port ofSpain, Trinidad, 4-5 September.

1995: Second International European Science Foundation Workshop on Tropical Canopy Research, University of Ulm,Germany. "Host specificity of rainforest arthropods, with special reference to the canopy" (July).

International consultant for the Coleoptera TWIG workshop related to the "All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory" projectdirected by Prof. D.H. Janzen. Guanalcaste, 27 April - 7 May, InBio, Costa Rica.

1994: VI International Congress of Ecology, 21-26 August 1994, Manchester, U.K. "Species richness, host specificity andbody size relationships of tropical insect herbivores".

1992: 43rd annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Honolulu, USA. Symposium organised by theAssociation for Tropical Biology. "Patterns in the organisation of the arthropod community associated with anAustralian rainforest tree: how distinct from elsewhere?".

1990: International Symposium on Agroecology and Conservation Issues in Temperate and Tropical Regions, Universityof Padova, Italy. "Species number, species abundance and body length of arboreal arthropods associated withan Australian rainforest tree".

1987: Annual meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, James CookUniversity, Townsville. "Sampling canopy arthropods in rain forests: the use of simple interception traps forstudying the arboreal fauna of Argyrodendron actinophyllum Edlin (Sterculiaceae)".

INSECT SPECIES DEDICATED

Agrilus basseti Curletti 2000 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) [Gabon]Agrilus bassetianus Curletti 2003 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) [Gabon]Agrilus yvesi Curletti 2005 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) [Panama]Amblypsilopus basseti Bickel 1994 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) [Australia]Americanura basseti Palacios-Vargas, Benito & Nucamendi 2009 (Collembola: Neanuridae) [Panama]Ancistria basseti Burckhardt & Slipinski 1995 (Coleoptera: Passandridae) [Papua New Guinea]Dasmeusa basseti Cavichioli & Chiamolera 1999 (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) [Guyana]Franklinothrips basseti Mound & Marullo 1998 (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) [Australia]Megaselia bassetti Disney, 2011 (Diptera, Phoridae) [Switzerland]Peritropis basseti Moulds & Casson 2006 (Hemiptera: Miridae) [Australia]Tapas basseti Besuchet 2008 (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Pselaphinae) [Australia]

Melobasis basseti Brian Levey, MS (Coleoptera : Buprestidae) [Australia]

ARTICLES IN POPULAR PRESSBasset, Y. & Springate, N.D. Les insectes ont besoin des arbres dont on besoin les hommes. Le Nouveau Quotidient, 18 février

1993 [Swiss newspaper].Basset, Y. Discovering Guyana's biodiversity the parataxonomist way - In search of beetles and bugs. Guyana Chronicle,

September 1, 1996 [Guyanese newspaper].

14Basset, Y. From different worlds... A Guyanese parataxonomist in Papua New Guinea. Guyana Chronicle, July 19, 1998

[Guyanese Newspaper].Novotny, V. & Basset, Y. From different worlds... Mangi binatang work together in Madang. The Independent, July 10th, 1998

[Papua New Guinean newspaper].

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REFEREES

Dr Allen Allison Dept of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, PO Box 19000, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-0916,USA. Ph +1 808 847-3511, Fax +1 808 841-8968. E-mail allison@hawaii.edu

Prof. Roger L. Kitching Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane QLD 4111,Australia. Ph +61 07 875 7519/20, Fax +61 07 875 5014.E-mail r.kitching@griffith.edu.au

Dr Scott E. Miller Senior Program Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution,MRC 009 PO Box 37012, Washington DC 20013-7012, USA. Ph +1 202 633 5135, Fax +1202 633 8942. E-mail millers@si.edu

Prof. Martine Rahier Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Chantemerle 22, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Ph +41 38 23 31 37, Fax +41 38 23 30 01. E-mail martine.rahier@zool.unine.ch

Dr S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon,Panama City, Republic of Panama. Fax +507 212 8148. E-mail wrightj@si.edu